Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds any information about assurances provided to the Government by the government of Israel that equipment exported to Israel from the UK by Elbit has not been re-exported to other countries.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Export licence applications are supported by an end user undertaking that sets out the specific purposes for which the goods are to be used by the end user, including if applicable, where the goods are being incorporated and or re-exported. This includes an undertaking not to re-export goods for weapons of mass destruction purposes where to do so would breach UK international obligations.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds information on whether any equipment that has been exported by Elbit to Israel has been re-exported by (a) Elbit Israel and (b) subsidiaries of Elbit Israel as (i) whole military systems or (ii) components in Elbit Israel's military exports to (A) countries which are Human Rights Priority countries for the Government (B) countries which are in conflict with other states and (C) countries to which the direct export of that equipment from the UK would constitute a violation of (I) the UN's Arms Embargo list or (II) the UK's Strategic Exporting Licence Criteria.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Exporters are required to advise His Majesty’s Government of the ultimate end user of their goods, to the extent that is known at the time of their application. The government’s assessment and decision will take into account the end user and ultimate end user. We will not issue a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including where it would breach sanctions or where exports could contribute to or undermine regional peace and security. Information about export licences is published quarterly as official statistics on Gov.uk. My Department only holds comprehensive information about exports from the UK which are subject to controls and have an export licence. We do not hold detailed or specific information about all exports from the UK. We do not hold any information on exports from Israel.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will provide details of the types of equipment that have been exported by Elbit to Israel.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HM Government only holds information on items exported by Elbit Systems UK Limited which were subject to strategic export controls. We can advise that since 2011 the company have had licences granted for the items below:
Items licenced for export | Control Entry | Licence Issued |
components for military communications equipment, military communications equipment, software for military communications equipment | ML11, ML21 | 25 Jan 2021 |
body armour, components for military communications equipment, components for military electronic equipment, military communications equipment, military electronic equipment, technology for military communications equipment | ML11, ML13, ML22 | 13 Oct 2020 |
The purpose of export controls is to promote global security and facilitate responsible exports. We will not issue an export licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria which includes an assessment of whether exports could contribute to or undermine regional peace and security.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds information on whether any equipment that has been exported by Elbit to Israel has been used by the Israeli armed forces in any Israeli/Palestinian conflicts from inception to completion since its delivery.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
HM Government only holds information on items exported by Elbit Systems UK Limited which were subject to strategic export controls. We can advise that since 2011 the company have had licences granted for the items below:
Items licenced for export | Control Entry | Licence Issued |
components for military communications equipment, military communications equipment, software for military communications equipment | ML11, ML21 | 25 Jan 2021 |
body armour, components for military communications equipment, components for military electronic equipment, military communications equipment, military electronic equipment, technology for military communications equipment | ML11, ML13, ML22 | 13 Oct 2020 |
The purpose of export controls is to promote global security and facilitate responsible exports. We will not issue an export licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria which includes an assessment of whether exports could contribute to or undermine regional peace and security.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of how the TRIPS outcome will help to achieve ensure the equitable distribution of second-generation vaccines across the world.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The consensus-based outcome reached at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference streamlines processes provided in the TRIPS Agreement for developing countries to make use of the compulsory licensing (CL). The decision, which is limited to COVID-19 vaccines and has a duration of five years, is intended to facilitate production and exportation of vaccines by developing countries while protecting the international intellectual property framework, which has and will continue to allow the development and production of vaccines at unprecedented pace.